Absence of endometrium as a cause of primary amenorrhea Bulent Berker, M.D., Salih Taşkın, M.D., Elif Aylin Taşkın, M.D. Fertility and Sterility Volume 89, Issue 3, Pages 723.e1-723.e3 (March 2008) DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2007.03.076 Copyright © 2008 American Society for Reproductive Medicine Terms and Conditions
Figure 1 Hysteroscopic view. Absence of proliferative and secretory endometrium in the uterine cavity. Fertility and Sterility 2008 89, 723.e1-723.e3DOI: (10.1016/j.fertnstert.2007.03.076) Copyright © 2008 American Society for Reproductive Medicine Terms and Conditions
Figure 2 Hysteroscopic view. Lateral and posterior walls around left tubal ostium seem sclerotic. Fertility and Sterility 2008 89, 723.e1-723.e3DOI: (10.1016/j.fertnstert.2007.03.076) Copyright © 2008 American Society for Reproductive Medicine Terms and Conditions
Figure 3 Microscopic examination: no endometrial lining observed above the myometrial tissue (hematoxylin and eosin, magnification ×4). Fertility and Sterility 2008 89, 723.e1-723.e3DOI: (10.1016/j.fertnstert.2007.03.076) Copyright © 2008 American Society for Reproductive Medicine Terms and Conditions
Figure 4 Lack of endometrial tissue in hysteroscopic biopsy specimen. A few granulomatous foci were noticed scattered in the myometrium (hematoxylin and eosin, magnification ×20). Fertility and Sterility 2008 89, 723.e1-723.e3DOI: (10.1016/j.fertnstert.2007.03.076) Copyright © 2008 American Society for Reproductive Medicine Terms and Conditions